Attractive waists offered at sale prices
An advertisement proclaims waists priced at $2.50, noting values of $3.00 and $4.00. Shoppers are invited to choose any waist for $2.50 at the sale.
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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1916
Page
3
Will Porto Ricans Become Americans
Porto Ricans hope Congress will admit them to United States citizenship as a remedy for long standing dissatisfactions. Governor Arthur Yager plans a January Washington trip to press for a new organic act with blanket citizenship and home rule, including an elective senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Juan
Porto Rico
United States Congress
Arthur Yager
Washington
Congress
Jones
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Willard Saulsbury
Delaware
United States
Yager
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
South
Philippines
Suits at Deep Seasonal Reductions
Local shop cuts prices on coat suits across ranges from $20.00 to $50.00. Now offered at $15.00 for lower-priced pieces, $17.50 for mid-range, and $25.00 for higher-end outfits. Deals apply to entire stock with substantial savings for customers.
Exceptional Coat Values For Misses And Women
A sale offers coats in three quarter and full lengths with discounts. Prices drop from $15 to $8.50 on fancy mixtures and plaid coats, $25-$30 Broadcloth options to $15-$18.50, $25 Chinchilla and Zebaline to $19.50, plush fur trimmed at $25, and girl’s coats from $5.00.
State Normal School Notes Opens 1916 Session
The State Normal School begins regular year 1916 with President Pound welcoming students at chapel. Miss Lara Strong returns as physical education director, Mrs Campbell starts as Bradwell hall matron, and a large cheerful student body readies for spring work. New students include Miss Green Savannah and Miss Hodge Dames Ferry among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Normal School
Pound
Lara B. Strong
Campbell
Bradwell Hall
Georgia Bankers Fund Scholarships for 15 Boys and 15 Girls
The Georgia Bankers Association extends its scholarship program sending fifteen boys and fifteen girls to the State College of Agriculture for a short course. They also raise 1500 to loan to deserving students. Loans awarded to listed students across Georgia. The program, managed by the agricultural committee including Hunt, Groover, Hardman, Coles, and Clark, aims to be permanent and expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers OF Georgia
State College OF Agriculture
Atlanta
Georgia Bankers’ Association
Bankers’ Association
Athens
Morgan Majette
Jesup
J. M. Purdon
Bessie Jackson Shepherd
Savannah
J.H. Crump
Carnesville
Kid Williams
Monroe
D. D. Still
Walton
J. I. Turner
Dawson
W. E. Neville
J. M. Bax
Agricultural Committee
The
Benj. W. Hunt
Eatonton
B. H. Groover
Reidsville
L. G. Hardman
Commerce
A. P Coles
Z. H. Clark
Moultrie
Islandonzation Ties to Porto Rico Home Rule Platform
The piece notes that long-standing hurdles in Puerto Rico legislation have cleared. It highlights the Unionist party in the island adopting a home rule platform, dropping independence demands. Protests in Washington over American citizenship often delayed decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Porto Rico
Unionist Party
Washington
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days Claim Ad
A druggist offers PAZO OINTMENT promising cure of piles in 6 to 14 days with money back guarantee if not cured. First application provides relief and rest.
Man Wanted in Walton Arrested Here
City police captured Kasper Forster yesterday and handed him to Walton county authorities under a misdemeanor warrant. The notice includes customer quotes praising Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and Chamberlain’s Tablets for cold relief and digestive issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton
Kasper Forster
Special Housewares and Towels Sale Ad
Falls Creek department store advertises white goods and towel specials with prices for towels 4c each 45s dozen Huck towels 5c each 50c dozen. Extra values on Huck towels 10 12 15 19c. Slightly soiled towel lot 10c each. Bath towels 10c 19c 25c 35c. Linen crash toweling 18 inch 10c 12c 1c. 10 yards long clot s 89c 10 yards fine na insook 1.59 19 yards extra long cloth 1.25 64 inch table damask 45c 72 inch damask 49c. Good bleaching 5c per yard good cambric 8c per yard. Inch extra heavy pajama checks 12 1c.
Special Sales in Embroideries and Laces Schedule
Advertisement notes reduced prices on cambric embroidery and lace items. Cambric embroidery at 25, 20, 15 cents. lace and inserting from 3 to 12 1/2 cents per yard. assorted discounts listed for various widths and quantities.
Hard Col ds Remedy Promised With Guarantee
A New Jersey claimant from Wickatunk reports recovery from weak lungs and severe cough after using Vinci tonic. The ad claims Vinci blends cod livers iron and beef peptone to heal, build strength, and restore weight, with a guarantee offered by H. R. Palmer & Sons of Athens, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickatunk
N. J
New Jersey
Vinci
Victor Walden
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Athens
Hawkes Establishes Griffin Public Library
A. K. Hawkes of Atlanta donates 10000 dollars for a Griffin children’s library. The project aims to start a nationwide model for child welfare libraries and intellectual uplift through early education. Hawkes hopes the Griffin effort inspires similar programs in other cities now and after his lifetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
A. K. Hawkes
Griffin
Hawkes
Griffin Library
Mr. Hawkes
Sloan's Liniment for Rheumatism Ad
A customer testimonial from January 1915 claims Sloan's Liniment cured three weeks of chronic rheumatism and stiff neck after four days of use. The note notes a San Francisco department store employer praising the product and advises purchasing at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
S. F
H. B. Smith
San Francisco
Cal
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Margie Linder
Hartwell
Helen Quarterman
Clyde Lewis
Welston
Ruth Wallace
Sargent
Vivian Burton
Hattie Reid Moore
Georgia Bankers and Scholarships
O. J. Metcalf
Weatherly
Ell
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Wilmingston
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